13Nov
Christmas at Heligan
📍 Lost Gardens of Heligan, near Mevagissey · South coast
Selected dates
Festive events in the Lost Gardens of Heligan on selected dates through the Christmas season. Check Heligan's website for the programme.
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What's on in Cornwall
Festivals, markets, Christmas lights and age-old traditions across Cornwall, updated regularly.
November 2026
18Nov
Cornwall Christmas Fair at the Eden Project
📍 Eden Project, Bodelva · South coast
A two-day Christmas fair at the Eden Project with local makers and food producers, raising funds for Cornwall Community Foundation. Check Eden's website for tickets and times.
20Nov
Christmas at the Eden Project
📍 Eden Project, Bodelva · South coast
Selected dates
Christmas lights, festive shows and a Father Christmas experience in and around the biomes on selected dates. Some events need separate tickets, so book ahead.
21Nov
Cotehele Christmas garland
📍 Cotehele, Tamar Valley · East Cornwall
Closed 25-26 December
Cotehele's famous 60-foot garland, made from thousands of dried flowers grown on the estate, hangs in the Great Hall of this Tudor house. National Trust admission applies.
21Nov
Mistletoe Market
📍 Penventon Park Hotel, Redruth · West Cornwall
A weekend Christmas fair with local craft and food stalls.
21Nov
Truro Christmas Market
📍 Lemon Quay, Truro · Mid Cornwall
Open daily
Cornwall's biggest Christmas market fills Lemon Quay in the centre of Truro, with food, drink and gifts from local producers and makers. Late opening on some evenings.
NovTBC
Truro City of Lights
📍 Truro city centre · Mid Cornwall
Usually a Wednesday evening in late November
A lantern parade through Truro's streets, with giant illuminated lanterns made by schools and community groups, marking the start of the festive season. Free to watch.
NovTBC
Falmouth Christmas lights switch-on
📍 The Moor, Falmouth · South coast
Usually late November
Falmouth switches on its Christmas lights on The Moor, followed by late-night shopping.
December 2026
DecTBC
Padstow Christmas Fayre
📍 Padstow harbour · North coast
Usually four days in early December
A festive food and craft fayre around Padstow harbour, which grew out of the long-running Padstow Christmas Festival. Great for edible gifts.
12Dec
Falmouth Festive Weekend
📍 Falmouth town centre · South coast
11am-5pm
A Christmas market on The Moor, live music from local choirs and bands, and family attractions across the town centre.
DecTBC
Mousehole Harbour Lights
📍 Mousehole harbour · West Cornwall
Usually switched on mid-December; dimmed for an hour on 19 December
Mousehole's famous harbour lights have lit up the village since the 1960s. The lights are dimmed for an hour on 19 December in memory of the crew of the Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne. Park in Penzance and take the bus.
21Dec
Montol Festival
📍 Penzance · West Cornwall
Traditional date; check the programme
Penzance celebrates the midwinter solstice with masked guise dancing, lantern processions and a bonfire. Family-friendly by day, darker and more traditional after dark.
23Dec
Tom Bawcock's Eve
📍 Mousehole · West Cornwall
Traditional date
Mousehole remembers the fisherman who, legend says, saved the village from famine, with a lantern procession and Stargazy pie.
March 2027
5Mar
St Piran's Day
📍 Across Cornwall
Events across Cornwall
Cornwall's national day, celebrating the patron saint of tinners with parades, music and the black and white Cornish flag. Look out for the procession to St Piran's Oratory near Perranporth.
May 2027
1May
'Obby 'Oss Day
📍 Padstow · North coast
Traditional date
One of England's oldest folk festivals: two 'osses dance through Padstow's flower-decked streets to drums and singing from early morning. Arrive very early.
8May
Flora Day
📍 Helston · The Lizard
Held on 8 May unless it falls on a Sunday or Monday
Helston welcomes spring with the Furry Dance, danced through the streets and in and out of houses, with the town decked in bluebells and gorse.
June 2027
JunTBC
Royal Cornwall Show
📍 Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge · North coast
Expected dates; check the official site
Cornwall's biggest agricultural show, with livestock, food, crafts and entertainment over three days.
JunTBC
Golowan Festival and Mazey Day
📍 Penzance · West Cornwall
Mazey Day expected Saturday 26 June
Penzance's midsummer festival of music, arts and parades, building to Mazey Day, when the town fills with processions, and Quay Fair Day.
August 2027
AugTBC
Boardmasters
📍 Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach, Newquay · North coast
Expected dates; check the official site
A big surf, skate and music festival, with music on the clifftop above Watergate Bay and surf competitions at Fistral Beach.
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Dates can change, so always check the official website before you travel.